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This episode of Japanese Jazz Week we explore the catalog of pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. Masabumi was born in Tokyo in 1939, and lived his early life in World War II and post-war Japan. He studied music at the Tokyo Art College High School, and worked with musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Mal Waldron & Joe Henderson. Hit play to hear his late 60’s recordings up to his mid 80’s material. 今回お届けする「日本のジャズ」は、日本のジャズピアニスト、キーボード奏者・菊地雅章です。菊地氏は1939年に東京で生まれ、若くして第二次世界大戦を経験し、戦後を生きた人物。ソニー・ロリンズ、マイルス・デイヴィス、マル・ウォルドロン、ジョー・ヘンダーソンらと共に活動しました。今回は彼の60年代後期から80年代中期の作品を楽曲を中心にお聞きください。Translated by Satoko Akune.
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Latte e Miele were formed in Genova in 1972 as a trio of guitarist/bass player Marcello Giancarlo Dellacasa (who had previously played with I Giganti), keyboardist Oliviero Lacagnina and drummer Alfio Vitanza (who was only sixteen at the time!). They recorded two albums, Passio Secundum Mattheum and Papillon, more or less in the style of Emerson, Lake and Palmer but with a whimsical, melodic Italian twist.
In 1974, the original trio split, but in 1976 Vitanza resuscitated the band as a quartet with three new members: keyboardists Mimmo Damiano and Lucio Poltini (the former doubling on guitar) and bassist/guitarist Massimo Gori. The sound was now more typically Italian, along the lines of Premiata Forneria Marconi on the 1976 album Aquile e Scoiattoli and more commercial Italian pop on the subsequent singles (and on the album Vampyrs, which was recorded in 1979 but not released until 1992). Their final bow was in 1980, when they performed the song “Ritagli di luce” at the San Remo song contest. That tune found them once again a trio (minus Damiano).
Latte e Miele were formed in Genova in 1972 as a trio of guitarist/bass player Marcello Giancarlo Dellacasa (who had previously played with I Giganti), keyboardist Oliviero Lacagnina and drummer Alfio Vitanza (who was only sixteen at the time!). They recorded two albums, Passio Secundum Mattheum and Papillon, more or less in the style of Emerson, Lake and Palmer but with a whimsical, melodic Italian twist.
In 1974, the original trio split, but in 1976 Vitanza resuscitated the band as a quartet with three new members: keyboardists Mimmo Damiano and Lucio Poltini (the former doubling on guitar) and bassist/guitarist Massimo Gori. The sound was now more typically Italian, along the lines of Premiata Forneria Marconi on the 1976 album Aquile e Scoiattoli and more commercial Italian pop on the subsequent singles (and on the album Vampyrs, which was recorded in 1979 but not released until 1992). Their final bow was in 1980, when they performed the song “Ritagli di luce” at the San Remo song contest. That tune found them once again a trio (minus Damiano).
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